Mary Paster

• Associate Professor
• Linguistics & Cognitive Science
• Pomona College

I am a linguist with a specialization in phonology. I teach intro linguistics, phonology, morphology, and field methods. In my research I do both theoretical and descriptive work.

You can contact me at ​mary.paster(at)pomona.edu​​

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Research interests:

• Field linguistics / working with language consultants
• African languages
• Indigenous American languages
• Phonology – tone, vowel harmony, sound change
• Morphology – suppletive allomorphy, affix order, multiple exponence
• Phonetics – (un)naturalness, instrumental measurement and documentation
• The phonology-morphology interface

Languages I have worked on with a consultant:

• Gã (Kwa; Ghana)
• Leggbo (Benue-Congo; Nigeria)
• Achumawi (Hokan; Northeastern California)
• Buchan Scots (Germanic; Northeastern Scotland)
• Pulaar (Atlantic; Senegal)
• Mixtepec Mixtec (Oto-Manguean; Mexico)
• Tiriki (Bantu; Kenya)
• Maay (Cushitic; Somalia)
• Luganda (Bantu; Uganda)
• Asante Twi (Kwa; Ghana)
• Malayalam (Dravidian; India)
• Manyika (Bantu; Zimbabwe)
• Tofingbe (Kwa; Benin)
• Kikuria (Bantu; Kenya)
• Logoori (Bantu; Kenya)
• Kipsigis (Nilotic; Kenya)
• Yoruba (Benue-Congo; Nigeria)

LINKS:

• 7 College Native American Indigenous Studies Network
• Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival
• African Linguistics School
• Association of Contemporary African Linguistics
• CoLang: the Institute for Collaborative Language Research
• Foundation for Endangered Languages
• Pomona College Linguistics and Cognitive Science Department
• Rumsen Language Reclamation Project
• Somali Bantu Community of San Diego
• Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
• Yurok Language Project